noun
- the process of combing flax or hemp fibers to separate and straighten them
Usage: textile industry
verb
- present participle of hatchel; combing flax or hemp fibers with a hatchel
Usage: textile industry
Examples
- The hatchelling process removes the shorter fibers from the flax.
- Workers spent hours hatchelling the hemp to prepare it for spinning.
- Traditional hatchelling requires skill and patience.
- The quality of linen depends greatly on proper hatchelling.
- She learned hatchelling from her grandmother who worked in textiles.
- Modern machines have largely replaced hand hatchelling.